Ma Zhiyuan's (1260-1364 马致远) sanqu (散曲) poem "Autumn Thoughts" (秋思), composed to the metric pattern Tianjingsha (天淨沙), uses ten images in twenty-two monosyllables to preamble a state of emotion, and is considered as the masterpiece in Chinese poetry to convey the typical Chinese literati's melancholy during late autumn: